A cook at a Burger King was charged with grand larceny...

December 6, 1985|By David Uhler, Staff writer

FORT LAUDERDALE — A cook at a Burger King was charged with grand larceny Thursday, shortly after two men held him and two other employees prisoner while forcing the manager to open the restaurant`s safe, police said.

The two gunmen escaped with $2,000, and no one was hurt in the 2 a.m. holdup at the restaurant in the 1700 block of East Sunrise Boulevard, police said.

But as officers questioned the employees, Walter A. Bailey, 28, of the 300 block of Northwest Fifth Street was seen stuffing his pants pocket with rolls of quarters, according to police.

Police, who said Bailey had $31.80 in change in his pockets, also found a Burger King sack with two hamburgers inside and $70 more in rolled quarters.